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W. I. TUTTLE.

DEVICE FOR SUSPBNDINGARTI'OLBS. No. 392,576.. Patented Nov. 6, 1888'.

TEL-6% as sea, I'M/1167176071 [44 Q WM cam W'ASHINGTON I. TUITLE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MARIE L. TUTTLE, OF SAME PLACE, AND KATIE O. BROINN, OF BUFFALO, NEW

YORK.

DEVICE FOR SUSPENDING ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,576, dated November 6, 1888.

Application filed July 9, 1888. Serial No. 279,421. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,WA SHINGTON I. Turrrn, of ROCI1BSEOI,'ID the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and 5 useful Improvements in Devices for Suspending Articles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and to the figures and letters of referen cc marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to improve, simplify, and cheapen the construction of devices for suspending articles on sur- I 5 faces, particularly the under side of showcases, by means of air-pressure, said devices being commonly known as suckers; and to this end it consists in certain novelties of construction and combinations of parts, all as will go be hereinafter fully described, and the novel features pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1. represents a sectional view of asupporting device constructed in accordance with my invention applied to a moistencr for tobacco-receptacles; Fig. 2, a view of the various parts separated, and Fig. 3 a View of a modification.

Similar letters of reference denote similar parts.

jl-leretofore devices of the class to which my present invention relates have been made of molded rubber or leather formed in concave shape with various suspending devices at- 3 5 tached to them; but the cost of manufacture and the labor required in making and assembling the various parts has been so great as to preclude their extensive use; but myinvention obviates all these and other objections 0 and provides a simple device that can be made at a nominal cost, not requiring the services of a skilled operator.

A represents a block, preferably of metal, forming the base of the holder and provided 5 on one side with a countersunk or tapering recess or seat, a, and at the bottom of said opening with a recess, 1), preferably threaded, as shown, for the accommodation of the end of a securing device in the shape of a screw, B,

having a threaded portion for engaging Z) and a tapering or countcrsinking head corresponding to the seat a in the base.

0 represents the disk forming the sucker, cut from a plain flat sheet of rubber or equivalent material and provided at the center with a perforation, d, for a screw, 13.

The parts are assembled by placing the disk 0 upon the base, passing the screw Bthrough the perforation therein, and sorewingit down in b. This causes the disk to be forced down at the center to conform to seat a and up at the outer edges, forming a cup, as shown.

The manner of applying the sucker thus formed to a surface will be readily understood, consisting in preferably moistening the edges of the disk and forcing it by means of the base up against a suitable surface, expelling the air from between, when the pressure of the atmosphere on the outer side will effectually prevent its removal, enabling it to sustain quite a heavy weight.

Any article can be attached to the under side of base A by suitable means. In the drawings I have shown a moistening device adapted for use in tobacco-containing receptacles from 5 which a threaded bolt extends into a correspondingly-threaded aperture formed in the base 0; but it is evident that other devices could be substituted for this or other securing means employed. For instance, I propose sometimes to employ a disk or tray, as shown in Fig. 3, attached to the base by a screw, for the purpose of containing small Wares, such as smokers articles or jewelry, enabling them to be held close to the under side of the glass of a show-case, permitting close inspection of them.

By the employment of a flat disk of rubber, leather, or other suitable material which may be cut from a flat sheet and a recessed base into which its center is forced by a suitable retaining device I materially cheapen and simplify construction.

While I prefer to employ a screw passing through the disk and into the base to hold it, any suitable pin or rivet having a head might be employed and secured in any suitable manner, and also, instead of using a screw or pin having a tapering head, it is obvious that one having a head fiat on the under side could be 100 used, the only requisite being that the outer edges of the disk shall be forced up by pressure at the center to form a slight cup; but I prefer the form shown, as the spaces between all the sides of the head and recess are parallel, or nearly so, thus preventing the cutting of the rubber by the screw and holding it with an even pressure at all points where a bearing is had.

It will be noted that the disk when in position is held under tension at the center by reason of the forcing in of the elastic flat disk into concave form and holding it-that is,when the rubber is employed-as leather, which could be used, but is not preferred, would set in shape.

I claim as my invention 1. In a device for suspending articles, the combination,with the base to which the article is attached, having a recess therein, of the flexible disk and the securingldevice, such as a screw, having the enlarged head passing through it and secured rigidly to the base in the recessed portion,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the base having the tapering recess therein, of the flexible disk and the securing-screw passing through the disk and rigidly secured to the base, having a tapered portion between which and the sides of the recess the disk is clamped, substantially as described.

3. In a device for suspending articles, the combination,with the base to which the article is secured, having the recess therein and the threaded aperture 011 the opposite side, of the flexible disk and a securing device, such as a screw, having the enlarged head passing through the disk and secured rigidly to the base in 'the recessed portion, substantially as described.

4.. As a new article of manufacture, the herein-described device for suspending articles, consisting of the base to which the article is secured, having the recess therein, and the flexible elastic disk rigidly secured in said recess at the center and held under tension, as set forth.

YVASHINGTON l'. TUTTLE.

Witnesses:

FRED F. OI-IUROH, F. B. HUTOHINSON. 

